Finnish PM undergoes drug test after leaked video prompts claims of ‘cocaine party’

The latest video appears to show the married politician dancing intimately with singer-songwriter Olavi Uusivirta in the VIP room of a Helsinki restaurant.

Uuswirta later denied on social media that he ever had an inappropriate relationship with Marin.

In the first leaked video, unidentified people can be heard yelling about “flour,” the Finnish slang term for cocaine.

Marin told reporters that she had voluntarily been drug tested and claimed she never took illegal drugs. was unimpaired and would have left the party had he been asked to work.

Marin told reporters: I took time off, spent time with my friends, and did nothing illegal. ”

But she admitted that more embarrassing footage could be coming, saying it was filmed “wherever she went”. She denied it was one of her friends who shared the video. .

“I don’t want to lose faith in people,” she said, referring to the leaked footage.

By yesterday evening, nearly all of the posts from the private Instagram account where Marin’s video was posted had been deleted.

The leaked video of Marin supposedly drunk was filmed on August 6, 2018. Iltaleti newspaper reported.

At that time, the Finnish defense forces were on high alert due to the threat from Russia. The Kremlin was outraged by Helsinki’s decision to join NATO after the invasion of Ukraine.

“Sanna was intimately dancing with at least three men,” an eyewitness told tabloid Seiska. “She also sat on the lap of two men.”

“The prime minister cannot be in such a state,” another witness was quoted as saying.

The Telegraph, London

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